PentecostalMom Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 To keep a long story short, I am taking in one of my nieces. She just turned 15 and is headed into 10th grade. Last year she got a D in Algebra 1. The school she will be going to uses Saxon and I gave her the placement test for 1/2 and she bombed it. The school is offering a free tutor over the summer. and the fist time she went, the tutor said that she is struggling with basic math computation. I also know her reading, grammar, and spelling are all atrocious. I need a plan for the summer. I have Saxon 1/2 and Algebra 1. I don't have a lot of extra money to invest in curricula that will only be used for summer. I was thinking of having her do silent reading, read aloud, and then just have her do dictation, copywork, and narration. I think the dictation/copywork/narration would help with all of the LA issues. I am not deceived that I can "fix it" all ove the summer. I just want to help her. She will be going to a private school that is willing to work with her on math, but would like to see her put some effort into helping herself. Ideas and suggestions welcomed. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 For language arts, Glencoe has free workbooks for grammar, vocabulary and spelling for 6-12th grades. These are typical public school style. http://www.glencoe.com/sites/alabama/teacher/languageart/assets/workbooks.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 If there are particular weak areas in the maths you could try math mammoth topic books. They cover several levels on one topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenbrdsly Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I would try Hands on Equations which is about $30. More textbooks aren't necessarily the answer. Do something fun that makes sense to her and reteaches the material in a different way. Another idea would be to get the Danica McKellar books. She's the author of "Math Doesn't Suck" that's geared to girls. I believe the Algebra one is called "Hot X". Good luck! P.S. Here's a HOE review from my blog. I'm not affiliated with them at all, I'm just a fan: http://teachingmybabytoread.com/math/hands-on-equations-review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 My online phonics lessons and the things on my how to tutor page: http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/howtotutor.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwg Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 An idea- khan has a "dashboard" where the child takes kind of a pretest and then they set up excercises for them to work on in math (we do it under "world of math' instead of any grade level). My ds likes earning the badges and points and it seems ok for summer work. I think you can set up what they need to work on also if you want to do it that way, but it sounds like she may need some basics first. HOE is a lot of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Basic college math is cheap, a used copy is well worth the price. http://www.amazon.com/Basic-College-Mathematics-Margaret-Lial/dp/0321557123/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403913709&sr=1-3&keywords=basic+college+mathematics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinNY Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 It sounds like an underlying LD going on. It would be more helpful to know what her "glitch" is in order to more effectively remediate. For example, she may have a working memory issue with either an Auditory and/or visual processing disorder. If she is having computation issues, I would target that first with workbooks like Times Tales that 'emotionally' set the facts in her brain so that recall is not so strenuous. Follow up with light drill. In the meantime, when working through math problems and application work, give her a calculator. See whether she can approach the problem correctly and do the algorithm properly with a calculator. If this support is helpful, it may mean that she is suffering from a sort of math performance anxiety due to her inability to recall facts. What is her reading level like...is she able to decode multisyllabic words? Is it a decoding and comprehension issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I agree wholeheartedly that she needs to be tested if she is struggling that much. There could be many underlying LD's and without testing it could be virtually impossible to truly understand what is causing the difficulty and how to address it. Testing could give a ton of answers on what the underlying issues are and how to target those so that she can make genuine progress. It could also show any underlying strengths that are being masked by the issues, strengths that could, if tapped properly, help her over these hurdles and also help with future job prospects. I waited to test long past the time when I should have. I regret it. It netted us so many answers and really helped us get on a much better path. Is there any way to get a neuro-psych evaluation? Is there a Scottish Rite center near you that could at least do a cursory assessment? You might read The Mislabeled Child by Brock and Fernette Eide to see if anything in there speaks to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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